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I’m running Win XP, and Photoshop 7. I have a Sony CRT and I have the profile for the Sony Monitor. I have a Canon digital camera.
I just purchased an HP Photosmart 8250 (vivara inks – seven ink cartridges, etc). I am using the paper recommended for the printer.
I am totally confused as to how to organize the different color settings in PS.
The photos produced by the Canon have the standard embedded srgb ie66 etc. profile.
My working space is Monitor – RGB Sony Triniton etc.
So first I am asked if I wish to use the embedded profile or the working space. So I choose the working space because that is the monitor image from which I’ll be adjusting the photo – is this correct?
My plan is to make a print on my HP 8250.
So I go to image/mode/assign profile. Here I am given a choice of:
don’t color manage
working RGB – Sony Trinitron etc.
or…..a large dropdown list of many different
printers, srgb settings etc. Should I choose the profile for my
HP 8250 with the paper I’ll be using?
If I choose the profile for the HP printer, the picture on the screen looks much less color accurate than it does if I choose the RGB Sony Triniton. So this is very confusing to me. Which should I choose and more importantly, why?
Then I adjust the levels, colors, brightness, etc. of the image on the screen and I’m ready to print.
I have a new set of options 🙂
The printer allows me to choose either
Colorsmart/srgb
Adobe RGB
Managed by application
Once again, which do I choose? Since I’ve told PS to use the printer and paper, should I choose managed by application?
My monitor also has a setting for sRGB. When I used this setting, all my prints had a very mild blue tint.
It seems that when I use Adobe RGB, the colors are vibrant but everything is a drop too red and this also sometimes happens with Colorsmart/sRGB.
Thanks to all who read this long post and as I’m sure is obvious by now, I don’t really understand the "art" of color management. I’ve tried several times to study the help menus in PS, but I can’t really understand much more when I’m done.
All help, clarifications, links to clarifications, greatly accepted.
TIA
Louise
I just purchased an HP Photosmart 8250 (vivara inks – seven ink cartridges, etc). I am using the paper recommended for the printer.
I am totally confused as to how to organize the different color settings in PS.
The photos produced by the Canon have the standard embedded srgb ie66 etc. profile.
My working space is Monitor – RGB Sony Triniton etc.
So first I am asked if I wish to use the embedded profile or the working space. So I choose the working space because that is the monitor image from which I’ll be adjusting the photo – is this correct?
My plan is to make a print on my HP 8250.
So I go to image/mode/assign profile. Here I am given a choice of:
don’t color manage
working RGB – Sony Trinitron etc.
or…..a large dropdown list of many different
printers, srgb settings etc. Should I choose the profile for my
HP 8250 with the paper I’ll be using?
If I choose the profile for the HP printer, the picture on the screen looks much less color accurate than it does if I choose the RGB Sony Triniton. So this is very confusing to me. Which should I choose and more importantly, why?
Then I adjust the levels, colors, brightness, etc. of the image on the screen and I’m ready to print.
I have a new set of options 🙂
The printer allows me to choose either
Colorsmart/srgb
Adobe RGB
Managed by application
Once again, which do I choose? Since I’ve told PS to use the printer and paper, should I choose managed by application?
My monitor also has a setting for sRGB. When I used this setting, all my prints had a very mild blue tint.
It seems that when I use Adobe RGB, the colors are vibrant but everything is a drop too red and this also sometimes happens with Colorsmart/sRGB.
Thanks to all who read this long post and as I’m sure is obvious by now, I don’t really understand the "art" of color management. I’ve tried several times to study the help menus in PS, but I can’t really understand much more when I’m done.
All help, clarifications, links to clarifications, greatly accepted.
TIA
Louise
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